Prayer of the Seven Last Words O divine Jesus, incarnate Son of god, for our salvation you consented to be born in a stable, to spend you whole life amid poverty, trials, and misery, and to die ...

It begins with a little-known fact. There was a time when there were not three paragraphs in the prayer we call the Shema, ...

Editor’s note: “The Spoken Word” is shared by Derrick Porter each Sunday during the weekly Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square broadcast. This will be given Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. “Prayer is a form of ...

This is Viaticum, food for the journey. Members of the local Church may wish to join the family in a vigil of prayer. After the person's death, the family is encouraged to continue in prayer ...

The custom of including the Ten Commandments as part of the Shema was once widespread, but from a certain point in time it was systematically opposed by the Sages. Why did they object to it?

Patrick Mahomes' grandfather, Randy, has died after he was placed in hospice care in January 2025, the quarterback's mother, Randi Mahomes, announced on Friday, Feb. 14.

All of that is inevitable, but it becomes dangerous when we mistake religion for God or reduce God to the parameters of ...

This word has appeared in 78 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence? By The Learning Network This word has appeared in three articles on NYTimes.com in the past year.

Salah, meaning ‘prayer’ or ‘supplication’, is also known as Namaz among non-Arab Muslims. Salah is one of the five pillars of Islam, which form the core beliefs and practices of the religion.

How many of us have prayed the sinner’s prayer? We get swept in the emotion of what is going on, we are called to the front of a church to say a few simple words. We are given reassurance that we ...

If you have Roman Catholic friends, you may have asked them about the Laud prayer, more properly called praying Lauds. While other famous prayers, such as the Sinner’s Prayer, developed over time ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.